Houses
Up until 1992 the school was organized under a clearly defined house system, as in most public schools. In the same year two of the previous houses were removed and the school was re-organized into year groups in lieu of the traditional house structure that had existed. School House, the college’s boarding house since 1917 and Howards were removed and Brooks, Butlers, Howsons and Selwyns remained.
The Six Houses that existed until 1992:
| House | Symbol | Motto | Named After | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook's | Stag | Aeternum Progredior | Rt. Rev. Richard Brook, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | |
| Butlers | Grypphon | Prensum Elevo | Rev. George Butler, Canon of Winchester | |
| Howard's | Horse | Contemnit Pavorem | Canon Howard | |
| Howsons | Lion | Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum | Very Rev. John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester | |
| School House | Dragon | Stet Fortuna Domus | - | |
| Selwyns | Porcupine | Toujours Prest | Rev. E.C. Selwyn | |
In 2009, the College returned to its old House System. The four remaining houses came back into action and gave the school a new lease of life. Each house now has their own large house room in which Lerpoolians can socialize, study and leave their belongings. House activities have once again become a daily occurrence and pupils are registered in house groups meaning that the year system brought about in 1992 has almost vanished.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“The name of the town isn’t important. It’s the one that’s just twenty-eight minutes from the big city. Twenty-three if you catch the morning express. It’s on a river and it’s got houses and stores and churches. And a main street. Nothing fancy like Broadway or Market, just plain Broadway. Drug, dry good, shoes. Those horrible little chain stores that breed like rabbits.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)
“In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples in his honor, where all can bow down with reverence, the pride and vanity of human reason enter into and pollute our worship, and the houses that should be of God and for God, alone, where he is to be honored with submissive faith, are too often merely schools of metaphysical and useless distinctions. The nation is sectarian, rather than Christian.”
—James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
“If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)